Persistent Bluetooth sign on iPhone after iOS 18 update

Hello... I have such a question, I have a constantly lit bluetooth sign on the phone when you go to the control point, nothing is connected to it, so it was on 17 iOS and now 18 iOS installed


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iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Dec 16, 2024 4:50 AM

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Posted on Dec 16, 2024 5:28 AM

If you go to Settings > Bluetooth, you can turn it off permanently. If you turn it off permanently, it won't be lit blue in Control Center. There's realistically no reason to need to turn Bluetooth off. It doesn't use much power at all. Doing so will disable some features such as AirDrop. But you can certainly turn it off completely if you'd prefer. Turning off in Control Center, only disables it for a period of time and it will reenable on its own.


Whether your headphones are original or not has nothing to do with Bluetooth being on. And if you do regularly use Bluetooth headphones, stop worrying about it being on and just forget about it.

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Dec 16, 2024 5:28 AM in response to Valentin_SHV

If you go to Settings > Bluetooth, you can turn it off permanently. If you turn it off permanently, it won't be lit blue in Control Center. There's realistically no reason to need to turn Bluetooth off. It doesn't use much power at all. Doing so will disable some features such as AirDrop. But you can certainly turn it off completely if you'd prefer. Turning off in Control Center, only disables it for a period of time and it will reenable on its own.


Whether your headphones are original or not has nothing to do with Bluetooth being on. And if you do regularly use Bluetooth headphones, stop worrying about it being on and just forget about it.

Dec 16, 2024 6:10 AM in response to Valentin_SHV

Please post a screenshot of what you're seeing. I have Bluetooth earbuds in my ears right now, which are paired with my iPhone and there is no Bluetooth symbol next to the battery on my home page.


Never Mind, I see you did post a screenshot. You do have something likely connected to Bluetooth. Open Settings App and tap Bluetooth. Anything which is connected will show as connected in the list of devices there.

Dec 19, 2024 7:28 AM in response to lobsterghost1

It's not connected, but in the control panel it says headphones are connected, but they're not...

I don't understand what's wrong. I had the same thing on 17.7, I upgraded to 18.2 and my iPhone was set up like new, I thought it might be a bug, but this icon appeared again. The sound is now coming from the phone speaker, but it shows that the headphones are connected.It's not connected, but in the control panel it says headphones are connected, but they're not...

I don't understand what's wrong. I had the same thing on 17.7, I upgraded to 18.2 and my iPhone was set up like new, I thought it might be a bug, but this icon appeared again. The sound is now coming from the phone speaker, but it shows that the headphones are connected.

Dec 19, 2024 11:19 PM in response to lobsterghost1

I've done that before.

I also unplugged the headphones from the iPhone and reset the headphones to factory settings. I removed them from the iPhone and reconnected them, the situation has not changed....

On the screen in Russian it says that the headphones are not connected, but in the control point it shows that they are connected, although they are not connected... so I do not understand why it shows as connected, but in the bluetooth settings it is just that they are disconnected....

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